0619 | Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Aidichie
Recently added to the 1001 Books list in the new October 2018 edition, this title was worthy of its inclusion capturing, as it does, the state of race in a…
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0604 | Arrow of God | Chinua Achebe
Not as easy to follow, Achebe’s third novel in his African Trilogy is a less straightforward narrative than his famed Things Fall Apart. Although both novels focus feature Nigerian male…
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0251 | Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Context: Laboured intensively to produce v4 of the 1001 books spreadsheet while reading this. REVIEW I knew nothing about the Biafran conflict in the late 1960s. I know considerably more…
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0222 | Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Context: finished this off while doing weights. Jogging’s on hold as my left hamstring recovers from a slight strain. REVIEW Okonkwo is a man who doesn’t do things by halves….
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0165 | An Interesting Narrative – Olaudah Equiano
Context: while I was reading this, our clothes dryer died in the garden and we had to string up an emergency washing line REVIEW A friend bought me this for…
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0054 | The Famished Road ~ Ben Okri
REVIEW Erm… well… this was fantastic. Quite literally fantastic.